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On January 26, 2020, Rev. Yu Hongjie, senior pastor of Silicon Valley Christian Assembly, urged Christians to pray for the Wuhan coronavirus epidemic in a Sunday service message.

He said that prayer requests from Christians who stayed in infected areas could be shared to the overseas church in the United States. The church's elders and co-workers would pray earnestly for them.

In the message, the renowned pastor urged Christians to be the light of the world and the salt of the earth, and serve as a power of stability and blessings in this situation.

In regards to how to deal with the situation, he shared that he knew there were two different viewpoints inside the Chinese church - one held that all the services and gatherings should be suspended while the other insisted the church activities must be not affected.

If a church had members who were returning from central China's Hubei Province, they should be quarantined for two weeks if possible, while attending only online worship.

"I hope the reason why some don't attend church comes out of love, not out of terror or due to lack of faith," he added.

He urged believers to build each other up and pray and watch for one another.

He said that each and every one should play his or her part; for instance, paying attention to personal hygiene, including handwashing and disinfection. At the same time, one should have faith without fear, otherwise he or she would live in anxiety and terror. Filled with hope, Christians should pray to terminate the novel coronavirus.

The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy, but the church should stand up and pray to end the epidemic in the name of the Lord. The church was expected to revive and play its own role, not only a role of receiving blessings, but of blessing others and expelling the deeds of the enemies through prayers.

On May 31, in order to prepare for the reopening of the church and the resumption of church services after the outbreak, St. John's Church held an expanded meeting of the church committee to discuss and formulate an operation plan of church activity under the normal pandemic prevention and control, and conduct a simulated exercise of personnel entering and leaving the church.

Currently, the pandemic has been effectively controlled in China. Economic activity in most of the country has resumed. Maybe it won't be long before the Church opens to the public again. However, there might be some challenges for the Church in the post-pandemic era.

In recent days, churches in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Chongqing and other places will resume their orderly opening on the premise of strictly implementing the responsibility for pandemic prevention and control.

On the afternoon of May 30, 2020, 99 Crowdfunding "Seven Color Rainbow" Home of Cancer Friends held the salon event entitled”Live the Colorfule Life -Thank the stories of life” in the Aide Charity Store in Dayuwan Commercial Plaza. Six cancer friends and 8 volunteers participated in this event.They did finger exercises, talked about the life at home during the pandemic and tasted the delicious no-sweet pastry .